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igntec
igntec

Reputation: 1056

OS basic graphic driver

I was told that GPU vendors make actual DirectX/OpenGL API implementation in their driver. However, Windows use DirectX to draw itself (OpenGL in Linux case), but OS can draw itself even when GPU driver is not installed. So, does Windows contain some base DirectX implementation that works on all GPUs?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 50

Answers (1)

Dougvj
Dougvj

Reputation: 6575

No. Without GPU drivers, windows will use an API standard called VESA that all modern GPUs implement that allow standard non-accelerated drawing.

Upvotes: 1

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